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October 2009

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10/22/09 #Lrnchat Quotables

October 23, 2009 in Just For Fun | No comments

lrnchat{if you aren’t acquainted with #lrnchat…}

I participate as often as I can, and tonight I decided to post some of my favorites from last night. (Yes, sometimes I blog purely for the pleasure of deciding to do something and then do it. No committee involved.)

So, without further ado…

Re: Q1) What new trends, approaches, etc are you suspicious of?

oxala75: i’m always suspicious of VW, but mostly because of its implementation, not its potential.

tmiket: I like easy to use software but ….just b/c you have a wrench doesn’t make you a mechanic..

Re: Q2) What skills are we missing in the suite necessary for good learning design?

Quinnovator: Q2: a willingness to go to the mat for the user experience, supporting fun over seriousness

And a bonus to take me over my word limit, but totally worth it…

Re: a side conversation?

Quinnovator: er,,, sex education or sex training: which would you want your daughter to have in high school?

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The Wish Book, All Grown Up

October 22, 2009 in Tools | No comments

chemistrysetWhen I was little, the day the Sears Wish Book arrived at our house was one of the best of the year. Second only to Christmas, even… My sister and I would eagerly page through the book for weeks, picking out what we were going to ask Santa for.

It’s with somewhat less anticipation that I make my yearly requests for new software, but the shopping researching is still fun.

I know I’m not going to get everything I ask for (particularly not the Deluxe Chemistry Set), and yes, it will all be tied to the company’s business needs blah ROI blah etc increasing productivity blah etc. But having said that, I’m wondering…

What was on your software wish list this year?

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Hang On… Back Soon.

October 10, 2009 in Musings | No comments

sorrywereopenWow, I was doing a little bit of blog fiddling tonight and realized that I’ve only sent 2 posts your way so far in October. I’ll be out of town for much of next week and weekend, as well, so it’s shaping up to be a light month in blogging.

This semester has been more time-consuming than I anticipated (a good thing because it’s not busy work), and I’ve also been asked to do a couple of webinars recently (which, so far, has been tons of fun), and my local ASTD chapter (of which I am a board member) is giving a conference (at which I’m presenting) in a few couple of weeks. So things are busy, but busy in a very productive way.

But posts are coming soon… including my first mondo post, on a topic that’s near and dear to my heart. Stay tuned.

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Arial vs. Helvetica

October 3, 2009 in Graphic Design | 6 comments

Small part of a visual comparison by Raynor

Small piece of a visual comparison by Raynor

Even though instructional design is not synonymous with graphic design (contrary to some employers’ beliefs), graphic design is obviously a pretty big part of what we do. Even those among us who have the luxury of not doing our own graphic design have to judge and vet others’ work. So it seems like it behooves us to at least talk the talk and spot differences in design and type, to what effect on the overall product.

I’m working on my graphic design and typography chops informally for the time being, which is why I’m grateful for bloggers, among them John Gruber at Daring Fireball, who recently posted:

So You Think You Can Tell Arial From Helvetica? Quiz

and Arial Versus Helvetica

Extra credit: Not new, but very interesting… Helvetica (the documentary). Enjoy!

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How Does the Internet See You?

October 2, 2009 in Musings | 1 comment

We had an interesting assignment this week in my Thinking, Learning, and Computers class: Among other tools, use the Personas website, created by Aaron Zimmerman (a PHd candidate at MIT) to discover what information is available about you on the Internet. I thought I’d post it here for your amusement — and possible food for thought.

Just search for your name using Personas and it returns a graph of “how the Internet sees you”, based on predetermined categories:

Here's mine... click for a full view.

Here's mine... click for a full view.

Obviously this is going to be more accurate if you have a fairly unusual name (like mine), but the creators of the project are well aware of this. Get a more complete explanation of the project’s aims and how to interpret your graph by going to Personas and clicking Read More.

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